Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Camille Saint-Saëns''s Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166 was composed in 1921, the year of the composer''s death. This sonata is the first of the three sonatas that Saint-Saëns composed for wind instruments, the other two being the Clarinet Sonata (Op. 167) and the Bassoon Sonata (Op. 168), written the same year. The piece is dedicated to Louis Bas, first solo oboe with the Societé du Conservatoire de l''Opéra.